Farid U. Kamal

CPA (Canada), CGA(Canada),CMA(Canada),CPA(USA), CGMA

A US-Canada Cross-border Tax Specialist and International Tax Accountant in Toronto, Canada:

• To minimize net US-Canada Tax and to avoid double taxation, handle both US tax as well as Canadian tax together as understand both US-Canada tax perspective being professionally certified (CPA) from both USA and Canada as well as authorized tax preparer of US IRS and Canadian CRA
• US Tax Accountant, Canadian tax Accountant, International Tax Accountant
• US IRS authorized CAA for US ITIN application in Toronto, Canada
• Prepare US Form 1099, US W-2, etc in Toronto

Professional Membership:

• Certified General Accountants (CGA) of Ontario, Canada
• Certified Management Accountants (CMA) of Ontario, Canada
• Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) of Canada - A Recent Unification of CMA Canada, CGA Canada & CA Canada
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), USA
• The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (CPA), USA
• The Ohio Society of CPAs, USA
• Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA): The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants - A joint effort of AICPA, USA and CIMA, UK
• The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB)

Other Academic Backgrounds:

• Bachelor of Commerce with Hons.(B.Com) & Master of Commerce (M.Com): 

• Bachelor of Law (LL.B): Chittagong Law College, Bangladesh

Overall Expertise:

• Long 30 years plus experiences and expertise in taxation, accounting, finance, costing, IT/system and administrative matters
• Independently work as US Tax preparer in Toronto (GTA) and prepare US personal tax return, US business tax return, US Corporate tax return, US Partnership tax return, US estate tax return, file US Form 1099, W-2, etc
• Extensively worked (from 1989), as a Computer Programmer, for business/system analysis and source code writing (DOS based FoxPro) to develop stand alone software (with multiuser) for computerization of departments relating to accounts, inventory, sales, shipping, etc.including the designing/developing/managing of this website.

• Documentation and writing of user manual (English version) pertaining to above own developed integrated accounting/inventory/sales related software for previous employers

• US Internal Revenue Services (IRS) Authorized Tax Return Preparer (PTIN Holder)

• Able to provide most cost effective and best solution in the given circumstances due to our multi-faced research capability

Publication and Presentation:

• Wrote articles in four English national dailies of Bangladesh relating to implementation of IT in Accounts. Finance and other departments
• Presented CPE, as a keynote speaker, before CMA (Bangladesh) memebers, conducted new employee orientations & trainings, and conducted software training to team members